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Aliens Want Your Beer

This alien invader is so eager to get hold of your beer supply, he's disguising himself as a mini-fridge. Okay, so it's not the most cunning disguise ever, but he's counting on the fact that alien-looking fridges and other housewares are all trendy nowadays. At least, British furniture brand Established & Sons thinks so — it's collaborating with Dutch designer Maarten Baas to create The Chankley Bore, a new line of alien-schwag for your home. More »

7:00 AM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
600 views, 15 comments

Latest by muteboy: Chankly Bore... do they come from the Torrible Zone?[www.landofnurseryrhymes.co.uk] more »

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Portable, Transformable Desk for Global Office Nomads

Previously, I showed you an intensely overdone futuristic office space from Japan that made privacy almost nonexistent. Now, we have an uber-minimalist office idea from Dutch interior designer Jack Brandsma. He created SpareSpace, a portable desk that folds into a table or refolds into a bar, complete with sink. It's perfect for rootless tech workers whose jobs take them to offices all over the world. Now, they can bring their desks (and bars) along with their Mac Airs.
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8:20 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
1,136 views, 11 comments

Latest by ndgmtlcd: Looks like this was inspired by the ancient Spanish vargueno (or Bargueno) desk. Look through the pages of a Google image search with bargueno and vargueno. Like the bargueno this portable desk ignores modern standards for transporting large objects. Taken a more »

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Cosmic Rays from Slinky Toys

Remember those glow-in-the-dark stickers you used to put on your ceiling to make you room look like outer space? Well, here's a much better way to do it. Designer Georgiosi of Objects With Light (OWL) creates these cosmic light fixtures using common household objects like screws, marbles, bolts, saw blades, and Slinky toys. The one shown here is called Screwed Light. Want to see another?
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8:20 AM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
1,618 views, 2 comments

Latest by Tiwa: AWESOME more »